So far, I chose to include pamphlets that were independently (re)-printed. But chose not to include something I received from Microcosm to review because I draw the line at isbn numbers, that makes it a book. Ya gotta stop somewhere. That's just me.

I was thinking about making haiku reviews for each one, too! Maybe I'll get on top of that if this post gets read at all.

Anyway, get on board and post yours here, too! Commentary and discussion of stuff read is also encouraged!

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200 zines in a year? What an awesome idea!! If you live in or near Portland, OR you should rise to this challenge without question, especially because of the IPRC. They have a library of thousands of zines. More info at iprc.org. What are you waiting for.

A side note: the zines Microcosm produces are still zines. Microcosm is trying to spread the word and make zines more accessible for everyone, and I don't see any reasons why their publications shouldn't be included.

I think that my reason for not including a Microcosm release was misunderstood. I was under the impression that something that I had received was a book and not a zine because it had a ISBN number and was bound. upon reading it I learned that the author considered it a zine and included it. I was just making a personal judgment call on what constituted a zine on one particular item, I wasn't talking shit about Microcosm or saying that they aren't to be included. I also chose not to include a political newsletter, even though it might pass as a zine due to being self-published. I was simply making a judgment call one what I want to call a zine for this challenge and it's been misunderstood and not only by you, so I hope this clears things up.

Nicholas Whitman Kessler said:

200 zines in a year? What an awesome idea!! If you live in or near Portland, OR you should rise to this challenge without question, especially because of the IPRC. They have a library of thousands of zines. More info at iprc.org. What are you waiting for.

A side note: the zines Microcosm produces are still zines. Microcosm is trying to spread the word and make zines more accessible for everyone, and I don't see any reasons why their publications shouldn't be included.

I've really loosened up on what I'm allowing myself to call a zine as it gets further into the year. It's gotten to anything photocopied passes. Before I was all is that a zine or a book? Blah, blah. Does this count because it's a reprinted pamphlet? It never serves well to be buttclenched.